Magazine As Community

My centerpiece fringed with pineapple yarn as featured in the new Handwoven. Here, its shown on my Flip rigid heddle loom. Structure is Honeycomb.

If you haven’t seen the latest Handwoven (September-October 2008), please pick up a copy at your local LYS (that is, if you’re not already a subscriber). This issue premiers Handwoven’s new design, and in talking to my friends at Interweave, they are anxious to know what you, their readers, have to say about it. Is it what you want? What do you like? What don’t you like?

As editor of Handwoven (1986-1992) I viewed my readers as my weaving community and my job as editor was to foster that community. Communication from my readers was important to presenting material and information they wanted. Hearing from my readers about what they thought helped shape the magazine. The good stuff let me know I was on track; the hard stuff, while never easy to hear, made me do a better job. I’m pretty sure this still holds true for the good folks at Handwoven. Just email the magazine at handwoven@interweave.com, your editors will be glad to hear from you.

FYI: while you’re perusing the magazine, check out my project on page 28 and our Schacht ads on pages 3 and 5.